Yarrah Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Yarrah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Yarráh (1) are calculated separately.
Yarrah (13) may also be a first name.
Yarrah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yarrah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yarrah is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Yarráh. Click here for further possible spellings of Yarrah.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarrah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 33 percent of Yarrah live; 33 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 13 people.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Yarrah is primarily concentrated in: National Capital District, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 22 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.
Yarrah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Yarrah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yarrah
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